Improvement in safety-socket for whips, umbrellas, billiard-cues



J; W. WHITEMAN. Whip Socket.

N0.102',635. Patented May 3, 1870.

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Letters Patent No. 102,635, dated .May 3, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pm: of thesandy To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ()HN W. Wnrrmms, of Chrisiiana, in the county ofNew Castle and State of Delaware, have invented an ImprovedSafety-Socket for Driving-Whips, Umbrellas, Billiard-Cues, &c., of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification,and in which- Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of my improved device;

Figure 2, a yertical section of the same, at the line a: x of fig. l; V

Figure 3, a View, in elevation, of one section of the hinged socket; and

Figure 4, a horizontal section at the line fig. 2.

My invention is designed to prevent driving-whips, 850., from beingstolen, lost, or displaced, to which end my invention consists individing the socket in two parts, hinged toge'thenas shown in fig. 1,and providing in the lower end of .the socket, spring y yof clamps,between which the stock of the whip is held when the socket is closed;'and in further: providing a snap-lock or fastening for holding the twoparts of the socket together, so that when the socket is closed, and thebutt of the whip pressed down below the clamps, the-whip cannot bewithdrawn without opening the socket.

My improvements are especially designed for use upon vehicles, fromwhich, as heretofore constructed, whips are frequently stolen in theabsence of the owner. It alfords an effectual safeguard against thisrisk, as well as serves to hold the whip secure in the socket whiledriving.

It is, likewise, readily applicable .to an u1nbrellastand, billiard-cuerack, or other article of furniture.

In the accompanying drawings, a whip-socket, of metal, leather, or othersuitable material, is shown as formed in two semi-cylindrical sections AA, hinged vertically together, the section A. being permanentlysecuredto the dash-board of a vehicle or other proper fixed iocat-ion.

Plate springs, 13 B, are secured at their upper ends to the inner orconcave sides of the sections A A in such position as to bediametrically opposite each other when the socket is shut, as shown infigs. 2 and 4, and having their free ends projecting downward atasufficient distance apart to grasp the body of the whip-stock, whichrests between them. The whip can be inserted by pressing the butt downpast the springs B B, which then close upon the stock and hold itfirmly, preventing its withdrawal without opening the socket.

Hasps or staples, O O, are secured to the section I A, and spring.latches, DD, in corresponding positions on the section A. When thesocket is closed, as shown in fig. 4, the spring latches D D engage thehasps O G and lock the two sections together. A whip can thenbeinserted, but cannot be withdrawn until the sections are unlocked, byreason of ,the springs B B, as before stated.

For the purpose of unlocking the socket, I provide a shaft, E, mountedin hearings on the section A of the socket, and passing beneath thespring latches G C, figs. 3 and 4.

This shaft may be either provided with lifting-cams,

or bent to form a double crank, the latter arrangement being adopted inthe presentinstance, and when partially rotated by means of a key, E,releases the spring latches 'G 0 from the hasps 'D D, and the socket maybe opened by the hand, or thrown open by a spring, F, at the bottom, ifpreferred.

It will be seen that my device is at once simple in construction, andapplicable to a vehicle by any ordi.- nary method of attachment. When inuse it effect-- ually answers the purpose for which it is designed,

and may be applied, at trifling expense, either as a whip-socket, or asan adjunct to an umbrella-stand or cane-rack, 85c.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let;- ters Patent, is'

."lhe combination of clamping-springs and a lock ing-device, with ahinged socket, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

J OH1\ W. WHITEMAN.

Witnesses:

L. H. Wnnnnn, WM. I1. WIER.

